Date(s): SUNDAY APRIL 13th, 2025
Type of Show: Folk, Americana Music
Showtime(s): 3:00 pm
Tickets: $30
Ordinary Elephant
Mesmerizing folk duo Ordinary Elephant has spent the better part of the last decade on a never-ending tour that’s earned married couple Crystal and Pete Damore widespread critical acclaim and made fans of luminaries like Tom Paxton and Mary Gauthier. In 2017, the pair took home the International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year on the strength of their breakout album, Before I Go, and two years later, they returned with the similarly lauded Honest, which the Associated Press hailed as “one of the best Americana albums of the year.”
“A real contender for album of the year.”
— Paul McGee, Lonesome Highway
“…one of the best Americana albums of the year”
— The Associated Press
The Wes Collins Band
A friend, a fine musician, a fine human, and a North Carolina favorite.
At age 44, Wes Collins and his wife Anita made a pact to become writers: she started writing fiction and Wes penned his first song. A few years later, they were both multi-award-winners in their fields. Collins more than makes up for lost time with songs that dig deep and go to uncertain, sometimes scary places. Come for a haunting melody and some intricate fingerpicking and stay for the wit and deep literary intelligence. There is always more to find in a Wes Collins song.
Wes and Ordinary Elephant go way back as compadres and colleagues. They’ve written together, recorded together, and played many shows together over the years. It’s an extraordinary pairing. We are grateful and lucky to have put this show together.
For this show, Wes is joined by North Carolina talents including Scott Dameron on guitars, FJ Ventre on bass and harmonies, and Barry Gray on guitar, cajon, drums and harmonies. They call themselves The Wes Collins Band and they drive, groove and tiptoe. “Yeah, all of those things.”
“I can’t stop listening to it, I love it!” Mary Gauthier
“He makes my favorite records and he’s one of my ultimate favorite musical artists.” Jaimee Harris
“One of the best songwriters in the Triangle’s vital Americana quadrant.” Dave Menconi